WW28: BLACK WINGS

WW28
A chance to showcase your favourite!

• First you grab our Wicked Wednesday pic.
• Then you grab a book. Turn to page 28. Take the first sentence. And then you post it in your site with a link back to WW28.
• Come back to Cherry Mischievous - WW28 and give us the url of your post (in a comment at a WW28 post) so that other WW28 readers can find your WW28 offering.

WW28 book offering : Black Wings by Christina Henry

Page 28, 1st sentence is so boring that it virtually means nothing at all... so instead, I will share with you my favourite quote :)

"I was pretty sure that I do not have an undiscovered talent for breaking and entering."

This is the main protagonist talking to herself.  :)

About Black Wings:

Escorting souls into the afterlife leaves Maddy little time for socializing-until devilishly handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in her building. But when demons start appearing on Maddy’s front lawn, she realizes there’s more to her new tenant than meets the eye.

Source: Info in the About Black Wings was taken from the author's website at http://www.christinahenry.net/?page_id=43 on 10/01/2011.

Review: BLACK WINGS

Black Wings by Christina Henry
Book 1 of the Black Wings series

Genre: urban fantasy

About Black Wings:

Escorting souls into the afterlife leaves Maddy little time for socializing-until devilishly handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in her building. But when demons start appearing on Maddy’s front lawn, she realizes there’s more to her new tenant than meets the eye.

Source: Info in the About Black Wings was taken from the author's website at http://www.christinahenry.net/?page_id=43 on 10/01/2011.

My Thoughts:
What do I like about Black Wings? The way Christina took the popular angel christian mythology and made it her own. Although not terribly original as I've seen the same in various other works in 2010, but still I like Christina's spin on the angel angle.

I also like the author's "voice". It's easy to read with humour between the pages. It makes the reading pace quick and the reading experience enjoyable. It makes the story telling quality very compelling. The author also incorporated modern slang which at times were slightly self-deprecating and often humorous monologues. This added a depth to the character of the main protagonist which made her likeable to me. Besides, humour always makes good reading :)

Bloody good for a debut novel! I think this will be one of those great urban fantasy series on par with the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Can't wait to read the next book, Black Night... roll around July already!

And of course I like the little sassy side kick :) ...here is a nice Beezle image when he is being closed-mouth and ornery to Maddy...

What don't I like about it? Mmmm... I'll let you know when I could think up of one.

In short, here is what I think about this book in empirical terms:
Story telling quality = 5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 4
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4.5
Pace = 4.5

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 cherries


Other Books In This Series:

Black Night (Black Wings Book 2)
Publication Date: 26 July 2011

I would like to thank Dear Author for hosting the contest "2010 Winter ACE/ROC Giveaway" which made it possible for me to win Black Wings by Christina Henry!!

IN THE MAIL: KILLING ROCKS & BLACK WINGS

What I found waiting for me when I got home today:

I would like to thank Suzanne Johnson of Preternatura for hosting the Twists on Urban Fantasy Heroes (& Win an ARC of DD Barant's new KILLING ROCKS) contest which made it possible for me to win Killing Rocks by DD Barant!

Killing Rocks by DD Barant

About Killing Rocks:
Book 3 of the Bloodhound Files

FBI profiler Jace Valchek's ticket home from the twisted parallel universe where she's been called to duty hinges on the capture of series killer Aristotle Stoker - and an alliance with a sorcerer known as Asher. The problem: Asher has joined forces with some of the most dangerous creatures Jace has ever encountered. The solution: There is none, without Asher's help. Jace's goal seems simple enough - to get her man, like always. But just hours after she arrives in Vegas, she's abducted...and she isn't even sure who the real enemy is. Now Jace has to wonder if she's the predator or the prey in a very dangerous game that could change not only her fate, but the world's...Meanwhile, a serial killer is still on the loose. And time has already run out...

Source: Info in the About Killing Rocks was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7964129-killing-rocks on 10/01/2011.

I would also like to thank Dear Author for hosting the contest 2010 Winter ACE/ROC Giveaway which made it possible for me to win Black Wings by Christina Henry!!
Black Wings by Christina Henry

About Black Wings:

Escorting souls into the afterlife leaves Maddy little time for socializing-until devilishly handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in her building. But when demons start appearing on Maddy’s front lawn, she realizes there’s more to her new tenant than meets the eye.

Source: Info in the About Black Wings was taken from the author's website at http://www.christinahenry.net/?page_id=43 on 10/01/2011.